How to hard reset and re-install ofw?

[moashie]

Hey guys,

Can anyone tell me how to do a hard reset and install original 3.55 fw?

[chesh]

If you're on a 3.55 CFW, all you have to do is download the 3.55 OFW and put it on your USB thumbdrive in x:\PS3\UPDATE and then boot into recovery mode and install.

[moashie]

If you're on a 3.55 CFW, all you have to do is download the 3.55 OFW and put it on your USB thumbdrive in x:\PS3\UPDATE and then boot into recovery mode and install.

Thanks for the reply, how do I boot in recovery mode? And will this delete all of my jailbreak data? I have installed a ftp file and rogero manager

[paradise327]

Hold the POWER SWITCH until it beeps, beeps beepsx2 let go. If it doesnt then keep holding it till it turns off the first time. Then Hold the power switch again until it beeps, then BEEP BEEP (Let go of the Power Switch)

[UnderVoice]

Thanks for the reply, how do I boot in recovery mode? And will this delete all of my jailbreak data? I have installed a ftp file and rogero manager

Find on youtube how to get to recovery mode..

[Ben Jeremy]

Hey guys,

Can anyone tell me how to do a hard reset and install original 3.55 fw?

Did you install Waninkoko CFW on a Phat PS3 console?

If that's the case, you are out of luck. You cannot get to recovery mode. Waninkoko's CFW "hard bricks" PS3 consoles that used the 256mb NAND for flash, rather than the later models that used the 16mb NOR flash. It trashes lv2 (which is needed for recovery mode) and some people have said it even trashes metldr, which contains unique information to your console - without which, you can NEVER recover, even by usiung a hardware flasher.

The lesson here is: BE PATIENT (I've said this dozens of times in the past few weeks) and don't flash firmwares the moment they are available to you - even from respected developers.